[Tango-L] A. Tango And Smooth Ballroom: Help Or Hinderance

2009-11-13 Thread rhink2
Does Argentine tango help one dance better ballroom? Does ballroom dancing help one dance better A. tango? In other words, is there a cross-training benefit or does one genre interfere with learning the other? Let me be more specific. Smooth (or traveling) ballroom dances, such as waltz, foxtr

Re: [Tango-L] A. Tango And Smooth Ballroom: Help Or Hinderance

2009-11-13 Thread Sergey Kazachenko
Any dancing experience helps learning AT, as dancers have more balance than ordinary people. However, I did notice that some women experienced in ballroom tend to lean back, which makes it harder to lead them. Sergey May you be forever touched by His Noodly Appendage... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w

Re: [Tango-L] A. Tango And Smooth Ballroom: Help Or Hinderance

2009-11-14 Thread Tango Mail
*Bob wrote: *"Does Argentine tango help one dance better ballroom? Does ballroom dancing help one *dance better A. tango? In other words, is there a cross-training benefit or does one *genre interfere with learning the other?" I firmly believe that if you start your dancing career under profess

Re: [Tango-L] A. Tango And Smooth Ballroom: Help Or Hinderance

2009-11-15 Thread Michael
t she is standing. In ballroom, couples are on parallel feet virtually all the time so there's less need for the man to know which foot the woman is standing. Michael I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines - Original Message - From: Subject: [Tango-L] A. Tango And Smooth Ba